Blog by Lucinda Croston

We’ve had a very exciting time this week when we got some new classmates! In WAH we made our very own worm farm. Felicity is our Eco-warrior and is doing a great job of looking after them. She’s pointing out a worm above. 

In geography this week, we have been looking at map symbols and their meanings. We played a matching pairs game in small groups. We then used a map of our local area to spot different map symbols and copy them down into our books. 

ROMAN DAY!

We had such fun on Roman Day. Our costumes looked amazing. We learned some Latin, we built Roman Villas from Lego and we designed our own Banquet using some strange Roman dishes. Have a look at our photos. 

Today in PE we practised our hockey skills. We are getting really good at controlling the ball with our sticks and working as a team. 

Today, Mila and her mummy brought in their pet tortoises to show us. They are called Gertie and Ernie. The children had a fantastic time looking at them and holding them. We learned lots of super facts about tortoises. We already knew that tortoises are herbivores from our science lessons but we…

Today Amelia achieved her pen licence. She has been working hard on her joining and always presents her work beautifully. Well done Amelia.

Violet has been very busy over half term fundraising for Heyhouses School. She has made cookies and bracelets and sold them to friends and family and has raised £21 for our school. Thank you Violet! 

We have designed posters to help keep ourselves and others safe on Bonfire Night.

We had a great time in PE practising a variety of skills this week.

Today in history we had great fun! We learned about what the Romans used to wear as well as some strange facts about taking care of their hair. Did you know they used to apply bear fat and hippopotamus ashes to encourage their hair to grow? We then had a practical session of tying togas on our…

Well done to Jess who got her pen licence today after showing consistently beautiful handwriting. You have worked very hard to earn your pen, well done! 

We have had THE BEST day today. We went on our trip to Ribchester, the children's first school trip since Reception. We had a fantastic day and all the children (and adults) thoroughly enjoyed themselves. We started by exploring the bath house ruins. We then met Matthew who told us all about the…